Return of the Fat Bastard - You know, Arnie

August 16th 2016

Just to cool you down on another scorcher on the Left Coast

      I've been writing the blog on my phone lately. And I haven't been doing a very good job of proofreading it. As I re-read yesterday's Blog I realized I must come off as some kind of illiterate hack! Part of the problem is I make the letters so big on the screen so that I can actually see them on the tiny little screen on my phone, I can only actually see about 4 words at a time. Then by the time I go back to proofread it, it all kind of makes sense to me. It's not till the next day when I have a little time and distance between what I wrote, do I realize how many autocorrected, misinterpreted words end up in my blogs. I will try to do better. If I don't I hope you guys can figure out what the hell I'm trying to say! Mind you half the time I don't know what I'm trying to say!
      Still making my way through the clean up. Every year we acquire a new folding chair or two, several earrings and at least one piece of musical equipment. This year it's a shorty Mic Stand. I think it might belong to Leon.

In the Daintree

    I had a bunch of things on my list of things to do. I was really lame on the pictures again so I'll just fill the space with pictures I like.

First I decided I needed to pick the ripe tomatoes on the deck. That dirty Ratbastard Rat has been at them again. It looks like he sat int the pot and ate the backs out of two of them. This means war! I can't find my Rat traps. I used to have 3 of them. No Idea what happened to them. After the harvest I watered all the plants and pruned a few suckers from the tomatoes. Two cups of Jo and I was on my way.
      I drove over to Kingsway to get this degreaser that they use at Chef Boy R Lisa's work. It's made by DAWN and is the only product we found that isn't covered in Skulls and red warning messages. I bought eight 4 litre jugs of it and wish I could have seen my face when my credit card wouldn't work. It wasn't declined, it just wouldn't read the chip. I used a different card loaded up the truck and got on the phone to the nice people at CIBC. Well, at least I was on hold with the nice people at CIBC." we are experiencing higher than normal volumes today" said the pleasantly neutral voice on the other end of the line.Same as every other day I have ever called them. I had been on hold for ten minutes when I realized that there is no other end of the line. I'm on my cell. I was on my way to Stupor Store for some Chef Boy R Lisa stuff.

Mi Familia

      Eighteen minutes on hold when a voice came on the speaker phone I asked her to hold on for a moment while I parked. Then I cranked up the radio so she would know how it feels to be elevator musiced. It was a Burton Cummings song. Clap for the Wolfman.  I played twenty questions until she was satisfied I was who I am. Me! I explained what happened and she checked my card and it just never connected with that particular reader. It worked at the Stupor Store so I'll keep an eye on it.

Lovin Cockatoos

      I went by Mama Lee's to say hello and drop off some Kleenex. One or more of her meds has a drippy nose side effect. How annoying is that? It was as usual a trying experience. Twenty minutes and I had to go.
      I swung by the Loonie store that has nothing for a loonie and bought headband headlights for the upcoming midnight adventure for $5 loonies each, batteries not included!

The lovely Lisa cooling down in a pool in OZ

      I got a call from Wardrobe 7:00 pm at the studio. I thought I was working on this on Thursday but Wednesday works better for me. I had a shower and even put on clean underwear! I was just on my way out the door when I got  a text from production cancelling my wardrobe. They are going to bring me in earlier tomorrow so some one can make the final decision on what I am going to wear. I will be on screen for 10 seconds. Maybe! I dont care, just happy to be working. Its a feature starring Arnold Schwartsa??????? You know, Arnie. I could have looked it up but where's the fun in that?

I got a Job!!!!

      I stopped by RCH to check on G McT. He's getting released tomorrow. Yay. He's still got a ways to go but nothing he can't do at home.

NO SQUID SEX

      I finished the night doing a four song set of original songs at Judge Begbies Tavern in New Westminister. There's no stage and you are stuffed into a corner but the sound is good and you can see the whole room.

A  couple of real Weenies

I got the call from the 2nd AD my call time is 8:30 am. I'm on my way to bed.


That's all I've got
Till next time
Peace out Y'all